The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-11

shall ask about the appropriation, to be told
that there is tradition floating around
that some time long ago an appropriation
was made to build court house, the occu-
patton OF which he is to celebrate with his
eloquence."
CAPT. FLANNERY's REPLY.
Mr.. Norwood sat down amidst deafening
| cheers and Capt. Flannery arose in the
audience and spoke, but his words were
! drowned An effort was made 10 hiss him
down, but cries of ''Flannery" brought him
| to the stage He began by saying:
THE gentleman who preceded me paid
me particular attention."
Mr.. Norwood only returned the COM
| pliment
Capt. Flannery-He told you of Baptist
! preacher | can't repeat it, but | can show
| you that there are two of us. He told you
! part of what | said but he did not tell
! you all, and | desire now to say that no
member of the Cotton Exchange, nor any
| one of us thought of condemn
| ing him until his name was
| dragged before us by his friend. Capt
| Purse offered a substitute to the resolution,
| knowing that substitute could not be
| amended, and by that substitute the Score
tary and the Representative had TO stand or
| fall with the barracks and as we did not
approve of the barracks site, we had to vote
it down. Capt. Flannery then explained
that when he said he knew nothing of any
effort on the part of the Treasury to secure
site he meant since the introduction of the
bill in the Legislature.
Mr.. Norwood said that no special effort
had been made since then.
Capt. Flannery said that as to Mr.. Nor
woods remarks concerning the Cotton Ex-
change, that while they might not be di-
rectly connected with the post office he
thought the members knew as much as any
other men about the proper place for pub
lie building
Mr. Norwood-I was speaking of it as a
corporation.
Capt. Flannery-As to that / can remem-
her the time when the gentleman thought
differently regarding the Cotton Exchange.
| remember that he was the attorney for
the Southern Pacific road, and then he
thought something of the Cotton Ex-
change.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were then intro
duced by Mr.. NJ. j. Doyle:
RESOLVED, That in view of the delay which has
been caused by the difficulties the Secretary of
the Treasury has encountered i'll the selection of
an eligible site in the city of Savannah of suffi-
Gent area upon which to construct the public
building authorized by Congress, with dimen-
sions sufficient to accommodate the two United
States Courts and the post office, and consider
ing that said building is designed to afford post
| ONCE facilities Tor the city OF savannah ana
surrounding territory for perhaps a century TO
come and further that the barracks site
is even at the present time north of the centre
of the city of Savannah, and about equally dis
tant from the east and west sides, We, the
citizens of Savannah, in mass meeting assem-
bled do hereby express our approval of the
| selection by the Secretary of the Treasury of a
part of the 0glethorpe barracks property as
| location for the said public building, and re-
specially request that the work upon said build
| ing be commenced as soon as practicable.
SUBSTITUTE OFFERED.
The following substitute was then offered
| by Capt. Flannery.
WHEREAS 1t is currently reported that the
| general government has purchased or is about
| to purchase, all or part of the Oglethorpe Bar
| racks property for a site for public building
| in which will be located the post office; and
| WHEREAS The said location is so far removed
| from the business centre that serious incon-
venience, delay and probable loss will result to
the merchants of the city if the post office be
placed thereon; and
Whereas 1t is confidently believed that loca
| ton suitable for all purposes to which the
| public building will be applied, can be secured
| at or near the centre of the business
portion of the city, that is to say, north OF
| South Broad, and between Abercorn and Bar
| nard streets; therefore, be it
| RESOLVED, That the citizens of Savannah in
| public meeting assembled, do respectfully pro
test against the selection of the Oglethorpe
| Barracks property or any other property south
| of South Broad street for the site for the
| public building, which is to contain the post
| office, for the reasons assigned in the foregoing
| preamble, and that the chairman of this meet
| ing be requested to convey it to the Honorable
| the Secretary of the Treasury of the United
| States this protest accompanied by request
| that an agent of the Treasury Department be
designated to confer with the municipal authori
| ties and trade organizations of the city OF
| Savannah before determining the location fol
| the public building site.
| SOLICITOR GENERAL DUBIGNoN TALKS.
While the motion was pending there were
! continuous cries for ''duBignon," and al
last that gentleman arose and mounted the
platform. He said:
''Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, | cannot
see why any one should make the discussion
of a site for a post office the occasion of {
political speech. l cannot see how any one
can make the selection of a site for
post office the occasion of forwarding hi
| own political interests, at the expense o.
the public welfare. | could not imagine {
man so despicable as to create antagonists
and then use them to arouse class preju
dices, and then oppose them, and to mount
to political place on the ruin of tn,
people. / hope no one her,
will make personal applica
ton of my remarks Laughter
do not SEQ why the war should be dragged
into the question, but so far as the gentle
man is concerned, congratulate him, that
during the struggle he was so fortunate a.
to be able to serve the commonwealth
the halls of the General Assembly,"
Mr.. duBignon then went ON to say that h,
didn't see the pressing need for locating tn,
post office on Bull street, the promenade o.
the city. He thought it should be north OF
State street. and his reason for it was thai
nineteen-twentieths of the mail that is sem
out and received comes from north of State
street Three eligible sites, two ON Aber
corn and Congress and one on Abercorn ano
York, are at the disposal of the government
at prices of $4,000, S23, 900 and $50, 0O(
respectively, yet the government had tC
have site ON Bull street, and would spend
$4,000 for it, when the appropriation i:
even now far too small for port of this
size, and city of Savannah's Importance
AS to the court, he did not think Bull street
the place for it, for children passed
along Bull street going to and from
school, and the hangers-on around the
court rooms are usually neither ornamental
nor useful, and prisoners would be marched
through the street-men charged with rob
bling the mail or using the mail for circu
lating obscene literature. and these are the
characters the children will have to meet
Mr.. duBignon concluded by saying that he
knew he was in a minority, but that he had
| never yet been afraid to express his honest
| opinions. no matter how many opposed him
| He took his seat amid loud cheers that con
tinued for some minutes and until Mr.. Nor.
wood arose.
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